Saúde mental dos profissionais da saúde: principais manifestações de sofrimento e suas relações com a organização do trabalho

Abstract

The organization of work in health care has undergone changes since the implementation of Health Reform and Health System, keeps track of the technological, scientific and socioeconomic factors. Practicing physicians and other health professionals suffer from the instability and precariousness of work, fast pace and long days, reduction in pay and loss of autonomy over their work, overloading of functions and responsibilities. Situations that generate intense mental suffering and lead to mental illness. Many studies have been directed to investigate the presence of minor psychiatric symptoms as the relationship between workload, job satisfaction and quality of life. This paper aims to address the relationship between work and mental health professionals. Among the problems identified in these studies are the working conditions, high workload and low wages as the main factors of mental illness health professionals.